Dear Parents and Carers,

With the end of year fast approaching the following information gives updates to students reports, COVID-19 and Speech Day.  Important information on class structure for 2022 can be found in the article following this message.

Student Reports

Traditionally at St Mary’s student reports have been printed and handed out to students at the end of Term 2 and Term 4.  This semester will see a change to paperless reporting.  All student reports will be made available through our Compass Parent Portal after 10am on Friday 10 December.

To access your child’s report, log onto the Compass Parent Portal, select your student and press the report tab at the top.  You will see that the semester 1 report has already been added and the semester 2 report will appear on December 10.

Please contact the school office if you are experiencing any difficulties logging in.

COVID-19 Restriction update

All COVID-19 restriction procedures come directly from the Catholic Education Canberra & Goulburn.  At the moment we are operating under level 3 restrictions and this will stay in place until the end of term.  A summary of restrictions include:

• For drop off and pick up parents and carers maintain physical distancing measures and stay as close to cars as safely possible.
• All volunteers and those helping or working at school must show proof of vaccination.
• Masks must be worn indoors by all staff and visitors.
• We continue to have the students separated in cohorts as best we can and encourage good hand hygiene and physical distancing where we need to.
• Please continue to supply your child/ren with a drink bottle each day to avoid the need to use bubblers. 
• It is still not possible to hold assemblies or presentations in the school grounds with parents in attendance.

Speech Day

Our speech day celebration on Thursday 9th of December at the S&C Club is beginning to take shape.  The club has indicated that we will be operating under a 200 person limit in the auditorium and all that attend must be double vaccinated, which the club staff will check upon arrival.  To prevent an excess of 200 people the day will be broken into 5 different sections.

The event will begin at 9.20am with the special awards and Year 6 graduation certificates.  Class awards and performances will begin at 11.20am starting with Year 5/6 and progressing though each stage finishing with Kindergarten.  There will be a short break between each stage to allow for parents to leave and arrive to ensure we stay within the club limits.  Specific times and details will be communicated next week.

I am looking forward to an action packed few weeks as we close in on the end of 2021.

Regards

Phil Nielsen